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Definition of rabid adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

rabid

adjective
 
/ˈræbɪd/,
 
/ˈreɪbɪd/
 
/ˈræbɪd/
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  1. [usually before noun] (disapproving) (of a type of person) having very strong feelings about something and acting in an unacceptable way
    • rabid fanatics
    • the rabid tabloid press
  2. [usually before noun] (disapproving) (of feelings or opinions) violent or extreme
    • rabid speculation
  3. (of an animal) having rabies
    • a rabid dog
    4. Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘furious, madly violent’): from Latin rabidus, from rabere ‘to rave’.
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